Panaji: Forty-three-year-old Bhakti, who has had albinism and is partially blind since birth, lives in Raia, 3.5 hours away by bus from her home in distant Pernem. But she isn’t complaining. In fact, for the first time in her life, she has found meaningful work at Avo Betty’s Cafe.The cafe in Raia is almost entirely…
Varanasi: The Saidpur police in Ghazipur district arrested a wanted criminal, Nagina Banwasi (49), following an encounter on Thursday.The accused, who carried a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head, suffered bullet injury in the leg during the encounter and was admitted to hospital for treatment. The police also recovered a .315 bore country-made pistol,…
Ahmedabad: Gold jewellery worth Rs 4.25 lakh was stolen from a house in Paldi while the family was attending a diksha ceremony, Paldi police said. The complaint was filed by Vidhi Shah, 24, stating that the jewellery belonged to her relative, Charmi Jain, whose diksha ceremony was being held at Oswal Club in Manekbaug on…
Times News NetworkLudhiana: A retired Punjab Police AIG got an FIR registered after discovering that an unidentified person was allegedly using his car’s registration number on a motorcycle. The matter came to light when Ratan Singh Brar, a resident of Thakur Colony on Pakhowal Road, received a traffic challan for triple riding. Brar, who retired…
Pedestrians & Bikers Top Fatalities; Speeding, Drink Driving Main Causes Chandigarh: The city witnessed a total of 96 road accidents including 42 fatal accidents in which 46 people lost their lives in six months of this year. Police data shows 78 people were injured in 54 non-fatal accidents. However, In 2025, 45 people died in…
A section of the Pune-Bangalore Highway service road near Mhalunge was left waterlogged after rainfall Pune: Just two days of monsoon rain have once again exposed the fragile state of the city’s roads and drainage infrastructure, with residents flooding social media with images and videos of cratered streets, persistent waterlogging, uneven carriageways and utility chamber…
A moving tanker got stuck in a caved inn road in Dindoli area in Surat Surat: Every spell of monsoon rain is exposing the city’s crumbling infrastructure, with freshly repaired roads caving in one after another and crores of taxpayers’ money sinking into the ground.The latest embarrassment came on Thursday when a moving tanker got…
Guwahati: A tiny 0.41-hectare wetland in Assam’s Sonitpur district, home to the wild ancestor of cultivated rice, has been declared as a national biodiversity conservation site, highlighting the state’s growing importance in safeguarding crop diversity, critical to future food security.Located in Borjuli village, the site harbours a viable population of Oryza rufipogon—the wild progenitor of…
Lucknow: To track key aspects of students’ lives, physical activity, diet and nutrition, mental wellness, sleep patterns and social behaviour, Lucknow University has introduced a health card system for its hostel inmates.The health cards will also maintain records of students’ allergies, existing medical conditions and overall lifestyle habits. This structured monitoring is expected to help…
Rajkot: A 54-year-old vegetable trader was killed in a suspected robbery near Viramdad village in Devbhumi Dwarka district on Wednesday evening, with gold ornaments worth an estimated Rs 24.5 lakh missing from his body.The deceased, Asif Lakha, was found with to have suffered injuries from blunt force and bladed weapons on an unpaved road within…
